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> "If you're not using a time tracking system, you might be violating the law" was a common phrase.

This seems a reasonable thing to say. If anything it's helpful by perhaps providing the employer with information about requirements they were ignorant of.

> but the offers strongly implied that a having a system like that was necessary to satisfy the legal requirement. Which was not the case.

But coupling it with this is a sleazy sales tactic.

One can nullify the affect though by having at least one person on your staff tasked with being knowledgeable of all of your industry's employment requirements and your company's current state of compliance with them.

> The time tracking services and software I've worked with make their money by scaring employers re: regulatory compliance ("Subscribe to our service and we'll keep you legal w/ local HR laws...")

This sounds interesting. Can you link to any of these services or software?

What do you mean by "scaring employers re: regulatory compliance"? "Scaring" reads like you're implying some kind of manipulation, but "regulatory compliance" is something a company should already be in; what is there to fear?

What are "local HR laws"?